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how fast is this?

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Hey guys I started wondering on the bike the Kawasaki Eliminator 125 because I found out at 14 you can't go bigger than 125cc so how fast can that bike go because I know it cant be too fast since its a cruiser. So how fast do u think it'd go and how much you'd have to push it to go that fast? Thanks!
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http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/kawasa ... 5_2001.php

This is for the 2001. Looks like about 60mph. Not super fast, but it'll get crazy high fuel economy!

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Fast enough to kill you.
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Randy wrote:Fast enough to kill you.
Incredibly poignant, and undoubtedly true.
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Thats all 12 hp, I've gotten more out of a 50cc briggs and stratton motor (well I've gotten around 10hp) Why is it so low on power?
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Psyco Diver 69 wrote:Thats all 12 hp, I've gotten more out of a 50cc briggs and stratton motor (well I've gotten around 10hp) Why is it so low on power?
10 HP from a 50cc? And it was a four stroke? I'd expect that from a 2-stroke, maybe..

This is a four stroke single cylinder engine.. Wonder what the compression ratio is on it?
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#7 Unread post by Sev »

Slap-Bassist531 wrote:Hey guys I started wondering on the bike the Kawasaki Eliminator 125 because I found out at 14 you can't go bigger than 125cc so how fast can that bike go because I know it cant be too fast since its a cruiser. So how fast do u think it'd go and how much you'd have to push it to go that fast? Thanks!
Why does it matter?
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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Telesque wrote:
Psyco Diver 69 wrote:Thats all 12 hp, I've gotten more out of a 50cc briggs and stratton motor (well I've gotten around 10hp) Why is it so low on power?
10 HP from a 50cc? And it was a four stroke? I'd expect that from a 2-stroke, maybe..

This is a four stroke single cylinder engine.. Wonder what the compression ratio is on it?
it started at 7.8:1 compression and I had cut to bring it to about 9.5:1, then I switched to a dirtbike carb and a staight exhaust with no muffler, the thing would keep up with my friends 10hp gocart. That thing was pretty hairy, the throttle was a on/off switch, it was either bogging or making me go "oh "poo poo"". Man I miss that go cart, I should never sold it, esspecially to a kid for $275 he probably killed himself on that thing.

In the junior dragsters they make about 50hp on a highly modified 50cc briggs and stratton motor, in highly modified I mean theres nothing original about these motors except the displacement, Hot Rod mag. did a article on them last year, good reading.
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#9 Unread post by bigswifty »

wow dryweight is only 282 lbs!
i bet its very tossable.

someone once said on here *or maybe their sig:
its more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow....

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yeah my little honda trail 90 is so much fun! tops out at 35mph...but its so much fun leaning the little guy in and out of turns. i
thats a sweet bike.

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